Relationship of Multiple Intelligences with Academic Achievement

An attempt was made to investigate the relationship of multiple intelligence and academic achievement among the university students through descriptive correlational research technique. The first objective of research was to investigate the relationship of multiple intelligence and academic achievem...

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Published in:Journal of research in social sciences 2013-01, Vol.1 (1), p.71
Main Authors: Ayesha, Benazir, Khurshid, Fauzia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Competition
Humanities
Inventory
Learning
Linguistics
Parents & parenting
Public sector
Social sciences
Students
Studies
Success
Teaching
University students
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Summary:An attempt was made to investigate the relationship of multiple intelligence and academic achievement among the university students through descriptive correlational research technique. The first objective of research was to investigate the relationship of multiple intelligence and academic achievement of university students, the second objective of the study was to investigate the role of demographic variation such as gender, discipline, family income, birth order, parents' qualification and profession in determining the levels and dimensions of multiple intelligence and academic achievement. In this study a stratified random sample of 250 male and female university students were collected from 4 private and public sector universities of Rawalpindi an d Islamabad. Respondents' family income level ranged from 50,000 to 150,000. Two research tools were employed in this study, Simple Multiple Intelligence Inventory, (SMII) based on 80 items developed by Gardner was used for measurement of intelligence and academic achievement of the respondents measured through their results of first three semesters. After data collection it was analyzed with the help of SPSS 16 by applying various statistical tests such as Mean, SD, and Pearson correlation. On the basis of results, it was found that there is positive relationship between multiple intelligence and academic achievement. Private sector universities students possess higher score on the academic achievement as compared to the students of public sector universities. University management can provide creative competitive environment to the learner so learner can develop their intelligence and achieve higher in their course of studies. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:2305-6533
2306-112X